Fort Alvo Grande

Fort Alvo Grande was a Spanish fort in Panama founded in the 17th century during the Spanish conquest of Central America. It was destroyed in 1745.

History
Fort Alvo Grande was constructed in the 17th century by the Spanish Empire in Panama, at the southern tip of Central America. It was a strong fortress with artillery towers and several soldiers, and it was also a town; it had many inhabitants that lived outside of the fort in the rainforest and in the confines. The fort also had a treasure room with heaps of gold and the Skull of Teoxuacata.

In 1745 a band of pirates under Jack Sparrow attempted to take the Skull, ambushing Spanish troops in the jungle around the fort and entering Fort Alvo Grande. They entered the treasure room after cutting down the Spanish flag and raising the Jolly Roger, but Sparrow and his lieutenant William Turner were knocked out by their recruits, who took the Skull and left them for dead. Thye were held in the prison by the Spanish Chaves Brothers, and Alberto Chaves sentenced them to death by hanging. However, they escaped by stalling time by telling stories as their accomplice Elizabeth Swann arrived and cut down their ropes. They fought the Chaves Brothers and the guards, killing all of them, before fleeing to their ship, the "Black Pearl", in the harbor. By using broadsides, the Pirates destroyed the fort.